CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter discusses the research methodology that consists of the place and time of the research, method and design of the research, research population
and sample, research instrument, technique of data collection, technique of data analysis, and statistical hypothesis.
A. Place and Time of the Research
This study was held at SMAN 7 Tangerang Selatan, which is located at Jl. Villa Melati Mas Blok J, Serpong Utara. The research was conducted from
April 12
th
, 2016 until May 17
th
, 2016. With the time tables as follows:
Table 3.1 Research Schedule
No. Activities
Month and Week April
May 1
2 3
4 1
2 3
4 1.
Proposal
√
2. Pilot Test
√ √
3. Pre-test
√√
4. Treatment
√ √
√
5. Post-test
√
B. Method and Design of the Research
The writer used quantitative method for this study. The use of quantitative method is to find out the effectiveness of SQ3R method on students‟ reading
comprehension. As stated by Sugiyono, one of other conditions that the quantitative method will be used is when the aim of the researcher is to find
out the effect of certain treatment on other.
1
And because the sample of this research is not selected randomly, the Quasi Experimental Design is used as
the design of this research. As stated by Creswell that when the sample of the research is not taken randomly, then the procedure is called quasi-experiment.
2
In order to find out whether or not the SQ3R method has the influence on students‟ reading comprehension, a Quasi Experimental Design is used in this
study. There are two kinds of designs in Quasi Experiment; Time Series Design and Nonequivalent Control Group Design.
3
In this case, the writer used Nonequivalent Control Group Design. The Nonequivalent Control Group
Design is a quasi-experimental research design where the treatment was given only to the experimental group, while the pre-test and post-test are given to
both of the control group and experimental group, and the control and experiment group are not selected randomly.
4
To be concluded, a quantitative method was used as a method for this research, while the design of the research was Quasi Experimental by using
Nonequivalent Control Group Design.
C. Population and Sample of the Research
1. Population
Population is a large group where the generalization of sample is established.
5
The population of this study was 427 10
th
grade students of SMAN 7 Tangerang Selatan which were divided into 10 classes start from X
IPA 1-XI IPA 6 and X IPS 1-X IPS 4.
2. Sample
Sample is a subset or smaller group of total population for the researcher to collect the data which have certain knowledge to become the
1
Sugiyono, Metode Penelitian Pendidikan, Pendekatan Kuantitatif, Kualitatif, dan RD, Bandung: Alfabeta Publisher, 2013, p.34
2
John W. Creswell, Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Method Approaches: Third Edition, USA: Sage Publication, Inc., 2009, p. 155.
3
Sugiyono., op.cit., p. 114
4
Ibid., p. 116
5
Donald Ary, Lucy Cheser Jaccobs, Chris Sorenssen, Introduction to Research in Education, Eigth Edition, USA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 2010, p. 148.
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